The Four Classes of Samaritans.
The Gorthenes celebrate their feasts at other times than Sebyaeans.
The Sebyaeans differ from the Gorthenes by reason of their feasts.
The Seven Heresies of the Jews.
Thus far the summary of the thirteen heresies contained in the second part of Book II.
The following belong to this third part, in which thirteen heresies are contained:
Thus far for the eighteen heresies of the fourth part of Book II.
The following five heresies are contained in the fifth part of Book II:
Thus far the five heresies of the fifth part of Book II.
The following seven heresies are contained in the first part of Book III:
Thus far similarly the seven heresies of the first part of Book III.
In the second part of Book III there are four heresies:
The Simonians stem from Simon Magus, who lived in the time of the Apostle Peter and was a native of the village of Gitta in Samaria. This man was of Samaritan origin and became a Christian in name only. He taught a filthy obscenity of prosmicuous bodily intercourse. He rejected the resurrection and affirmed that the universe was not created by God. He furthermore gave his disciples for adoration a likeness of himself as Zeus and of the harlot named Helen, who was his companion, as Athena. To the Samaritans he said that he was the Father, while to the Jews he said he was Christ.
Σιμωνιανοί, οἱ ἀπὸ Σίμωνος τοῦ μάγου τοῦ ἐπὶ Πέτρου τοῦ ἀποστόλου, κώμης Γιτθῶν τῆς Σαμαρείας. Οὗτος ἀπὸ Σαμαρειτῶν ὡρμᾶτο Χριστοῦ ὑποδὺς ὄνομα μόνον. Ἐδίδασκεν δὲ αἰσχροποιὸν μίξιν μολυσμοῦ, ἀδιαφορίαν σωμάτων. Ἀποβάλλεται δὲ τὴν ἀνάστασιν καὶ τὸν κόσμον μὴ εἶναι θεοῦ φάσκει. Εἰκόνα δὲ αὑτοῦ ὡς Διὸς καὶ τῆς σὺν αὐτῷ πόρνης ὀνόματι Ἑλένης, Ἀθηνᾶς τύπον, τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταῖς παρεδίδου εἰς προσκύνησιν. Ἔλεγεν δὲ ἑαυτὸν Σαμαρείταις μὲν τὸν πατέρα, Ἰουδαίοις δὲ τὸν Χριστόν.